you predicted it would miss us. correct me if i'm wrong, there was no warning for the meteor in russia. that suddenly blinded all the drivers on the road. so what are we to think of that? >> yeah, that's right. the object that came into russia about a day ago, that was about a third of the size of the's ro -- the asteroid that passed us by. it's pretty small as these things go. about 15 meters across. about the size of two parked vans end to end. because it was so small, it would have been very faint and very hard for astronomers to see from the ground. >> we know you all have your eyes trained on these particles 24 hours a day. please thank the team for us. >> absolutely. thank you for having me. >> the picture from nasa tonight. >>> overseas for this story. and a stunning moment from south africa tonight. an emotional breakdown in court from oscar pistorius, the disabled olympic athlete now facing murder charges. abc's bazi kanani is our correspondent in south africa. we have the images from the courtroom. >> repo